Our anxiety around sickness, old age, and death can be a “wholesome fear”-a fear with a positive quality that ultimately enriches and nourishes our lives. Lama Zopa Rinpoche shows use how we can use our anxiety as a high-octane fuel to really live what’s most important; while Kathleen McDonald presents meditations that integrate these teachings and lead to peace, compassion and joy for ourselves and others. Doing so will help us to live well and, when the time comes as it inevitably will, to die well too. It’s never too early to start making this most important of efforts-and, fortunately, it is never too late.
“A wonderful and welcome book for the spiritual well-being of all who read it.”—Gelek Rimpoche, author of Good Life, Good Death

“This book is a powerful reminder of the gift of the truth of impermanence. It is a veritable treasure in the literature on being with dying.”—Joan Halifax

“Wholesome Fear contains heart advice from the great Buddhist master, Lama Zopa Rinpoche, regarding impermanence and death,meditation on death, the process of dying, and powerful meditation techniques from Kathleen McDonald. This book is an essential guide for anyone confronting the challenges imposed by impermanence and the process of death and dying.”—Lama Migmar Tseten, author of Treasures of the Sakya Lineage

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Wild Chikens and Petty Tyrants: 108 metaphors for Mindfulness, by Arnie Kozak, has been included in Spirituality and Practice’s list of The Best Spiritual Books of 2009 (so far).  Wild Chickens and Petty Tyrants received top honors in the Mindfulness category.  To read a review of Wild Chickens and Petty Tyrants on Spirituality and Practice’s website, click here.

Wisdom Publications is very excited to announce that Jaimal Yogis’ Saltwater Buddha: A Surfer’s Quest to Find Zen on the Sea is being made into a movie.  You can watch the trailer and learn more about the film by visiting saltwaterbuddha.org.

Due to a technical glitch our holiday catalog is running late, you should be receiving it in the coming weeks. In the meantime you can take advantage of our free shipping offer and browse timely titles like A Buddhist Response to the Climate Emergency, Mindful Teaching and Teaching Mindfulness and the wonderful new book for kids Moody Cow Meditates by downloading the pdf of our catalog.

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2010 Holiday Catalog

Young people can change the world: Dalai Lama by STEPHANIE GARDINER, AAP, November 30, 2009

Osel visited Lama Zopa Rinpoche recently in Madison, Wisconsin at Geshe Sopa’s home. We understand there was a lot of tea and little tempest

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From Shambhala Sunspace

Prison Dharma: Meet the Buddhas who practice it — on both sides of the bars

Buddhist principles and teachings, put into practice to give comfort and guidance to the incarcerated. What could be a more worthy cause? Anyone who’s practiced prison dharma will tell you: It works.

Sunspace has collected some excellent prison dharma contributions from their archives.

You can find them all here.

And dont forget to check out Calvin Malone’s amazing book about his life as a Buddhist behind bars Razor-Wire Dharma.

Get your copy of the beautiful hardcover edition now for a special 40% discount.

Dogen’s Extensive Record is the first-ever complete and scholarly translation of the monumental Eihei Koroku into English. This
edition contains extensive and detailed research and annotation by scholar, translator, and Zen teacher Taigen Dan Leighton, as well as forewords by the eighteenth-century poet-monk Ryokan and Tenshin Reb Anderson, former abbot of the San Francisco Zen Center-plus introductory essays from Dogen scholar Steven Heine, and the prominent American Zen master John Daido Loori.

“A valuable asset not just for students of the Zen teacher Dogen but for all students of Zen and Buddhism in general.”—Buddhadharma

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As a special holiday discount and thank you for all of your support Wisdom is offering free shipping within the U.S. on all orders of $25 or more that are placed through our website.

Each time you purchase a book directly from Wisdom Publications you play a key roll in supporting the publication of authentic Buddhist teachings for the benefit of all. As a way of showing our appreciation for your continued support, we are offering free shipping on any order totaling $25 or more.

There is still time to order the beautiful Tibetan Art Calendar 2010. It includes thirteen antique Tibetan thangka’s and makes the perfect holiday gift.

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Thank you and happy holidays.